magic: the gathering poll

you can generate sealed decks using this thing: http://ccgdecks.com/sealed_gen.php

tho i'm not sure they have all sets

lol I tried that already it kinda sucks

are you on a mac? I think there are some you can dl

yeah i am on a mac

hmmm I'm sure we'll figure it out

can also just pick cool premade decks

yeah i whipped up a deck based on one of my old irl decks

i want 2 fuc w/this but this week is crazy busy for me

i'll get in on this at some point. what format/sets do you guys want to use? you gotta limit me or i'm gonna be coming at you with Knight of the Reliquary

well my comfort zone consists of everything through weatherlight but i'm adaptable

i would love to play some innistrad w/ whoever -- maybe draft?

yeah id like to try innistrad as well if only to prevent from allocating sparse dollars to this junk irl

haha yeah as much as I like magic there is no way I would invest any real life money on these pieces of paper, that's why playing online is cool. I look forward to owning u all as I did w/ mordy tonight. (4-0)

ayo

hey dude, I am up for playing but I actually have to go to a more stable internet connection which means I can do it in like 10 mins? msg me your gmail

k i sent it

cockatrice is awesome! ppl need to get on this shit

i wish ppl had posted more cool old cards itt or debated which colors are cool. wanted someone to go to bat for an artifact deck

haha sorry for taking it over

artifact decks, at least in classic era magic, just can't put up a fight

later in the game you could build decks around them tho...I think there was an artifact-y set?

http://static.starcitygames.com/sales/cardscans/MAGREV/nevinyrrals_disk.jpg

such a rad card

http://www.coolstuffinc.com/images/Products/mtg%20art/Antiquities/Mishra

cool card iirc

do you know about the title of that card lamp?

antiquties is basically an artifact set and its really really early ~~ i think any of the subsequent sets built around the urza/mishra mythos are artifact based?? idk tho

nah I meant one of the mid-period sets, let me look it up

which card? i have imgs off and the link for yours wont work. the other one is larry nevin spelt backwards - i guess the idea for the card came from one of his books

haha yeah that's what I meant

mine was mishra's factory

what's w/ these sites and the squirrels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrodin_(Magic:_The_Gathering)

this is the one I was thinking of

overall I think w/ the early sets there are a handful of great artifacts but they don't add up to anything killer on their own

later in the game you get stuff like this and suddenly artifacts can fuck people up

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8883
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194980
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=206332

haha academy and tinker are banned in every format pretty much

the urza block really fucked up the game, there were like 20 different cards that led to turn 1-2 kill combos

man i just got sucked into looking through the cards in the urza's saga set there are some p amazing cards geez

the thing abt early artifacts is that shit like the mox gems and sol ring and obv black lotus are sorta rad w/o needing to combo w/other shit, theyre just inherently rad

i mean i guess this is really obv but as the game progresses cards are so much more impt in context of other cards whereas early on cards are just facevalue powerful

basically every time they make an artifact themed block the game breaks and they have to ban stuff, its kind of funny at this point

iirc w/ early sets artifact creatures are all a tad overpriced mana-wise, just a bit too expensive to be competitive w/ colored creatures

except juggernaut...that dude made it into a lot of my decks

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/253

artifact porn

for some reason at one point I was really obsessed with maze of ith for one of my decks and I went and bought a pack from that expansion which was at that point like 3 years old and it cost me $8 which was obviously a lot of money to me and anyway it actually had a maze of ith in it even though maze of ith was pretty rare

that's my artifact story

huh looking it up maze of ith was pretty common. I was still psyched on it tho

my most expensive card was a revised shivan dragon

maze of ith was actually a land not an artifact for some reason. because of this it still gets played sometimes thanks to Knight of the Reliquary

the thing abt early artifacts is that shit like the mox gems and sol ring and obv black lotus are sorta rad w/o needing to combo w/other shit, theyre just inherently rad

the funny thing about these cards is that the designers knew they were overpowered but that there wouldn't be enough of these cards to go around because they were rare

in the long-term that proved to be true

still trying to figure out why i wanted maze of ith so bad

it's a dope card, you don't need any excuses

no but i had like a COMBO going on. this is going to kill me.

it's good...but it's not COMBO good

im not sure what this combo would be

the combo of finding maze of ith and putting it in your deck

if i had been into magic as a kid i wouldve spent so much money on worthless decks cuz i still only really like cards cuz of how they look

in some ways that's more justifiable, if you're spending $10 on a small piece of paper, it should at least be aesthetically appealing

http://www.mtgmintcard.com/images/products/150/MAGIC-THE-GATHERING-MERCADIAN-MASQUES-RISHADAN-PORT-MDMR082.jpg

nonbasic lands are like catnip to me

heh its very possible i just liked maze of ith for its art:

http://magiccards.info/scans/en/dk/114.jpg